Today at work

[C.J]

Some of you know that we opened our farm shop in a nearby historic house which is slowly being restored.
This was last night
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And this is this morning
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Not allowed near it this morning by the police. Arson suspected.

I sincerely hope your wing has been spared.

An ancestor of mine married a Dorothy Bampfylde , from there , in the 17th century and many of her descendants , are named after her, including my sister.

 

[puppet]

Some of you know that we opened our farm shop in a nearby historic house which is slowly being restored.
This was last night
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And this is this morning
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Not allowed near it this morning by the police. Arson suspected.

A few dead lambs is nothing compared to that. You must be gutted after all your planning.

 

[Bob lincs]

Wills having a break from drilling today and is getting some more potatoe land pulled about for a customer . I’ve finished cultivating and have resumed my consolidation duties.

 

[Muddyroads]

A few dead lambs is nothing compared to that. You must be gutted after all your planning.

That’s a difficult one to call, except that I’m lambing at the moment so having to deal with a few dead lambs as well!

 

[Just because]

Unbelievable that we are in the same country,its as bad as it gets here this morning,as the crow flies i suspect not much more than a 100 miles

Even went we can't plough today on cattle mucked fields

 

[Pan mixer]

At the risk of starting a National tirade of abuse I wouldn't mind about 5mm of rain if anyone has any spare.

Looking over the hedge I am glad that I am not baling my neighbours straw this year.

 

[Bob lincs]

Just to prove it’s not that dry here , sorry the pic isn’t that great but I was also trying not to get stuck.

 

[Bob lincs]

Also today I saw the most perfect field of blackgrass I have ever seen

 

[Adeptandy]

At the risk of starting a National tirade of abuse I wouldn't mind about 5mm of rain if anyone has any spare.

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Looking over the hedge I am glad that I am not baling my neighbours straw this year.

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Be careful, as I found out yesterday, that can get you in trouble

 

[Adeptandy]

1st job today, tap swap then in to a heating fault that turned out to be self inflicted by the customer, really wish some wouldn’t fiddle with stuff they don’t understand. Took nearly an hour to trace that one
Then headed home as up n down stairs 8 time stuffed the lungs and oxygen levels

Had a mad idea and run the GD over top of the dyke earth

Amazed it coped, not even a bung on the reeds will be interesting to see if anything grows

 

[sahara]

Also today I saw the most perfect field of blackgrass I have ever seen View attachment 1174893

Is that all Blackgrass?

That's quite something.

 

[Bob lincs]

Is that all Blackgrass?

That's quite something.

Yes it was cultivated after harvest but not drilled as it was to wet . Walking on it it’s hard the believe it’s not grass that has been broadcast it’s that even .

 

[Old apprentice]

A touch of round up or similar I presume.

 

[Bob lincs]

A touch of round up or similar I presume.

If it were mine it would have had a bloody good dose of round up long ago but on the other hand is better to let it get like this and then spray?

 

[sticky]

Found a lamb stuck this morning, luckily still alive, which is one of the reasons I hate these feeders.

Then had a major breakdown

Luckily I had an old spare head in stock

Not quite @Bob lincs engineering but I was pleased with the outcome.

 

[Speedstar]

Well last night was peak lamb killer. More rain than ever and we were round at 6am picking them up.
4 warming, 1 just died and going back for another gather up of chilled lambs. Supposed to be sunny by teatime View attachment 1174778

We had that a lots years ago & said never again & built a big shed to put the sheep in , we have been very lucky been on lambing for week & have not put any thing outside yet , but will have to put some out tomorrow , every shed is full of ewes & lambs , even the cattle handling system shed, this weather is unreal with over 100mm of rain so far in April & only 6 days in the whole year with no rain fall

 

[Steevo]

If it were mine it would have had a bloody good dose of round up long ago but on the other hand is better to let it get like this and then spray?

Both. A good dose long ago, and another dose now.

 

[Fendt516profi]

Also today I saw the most perfect field of blackgrass I have ever seen View attachment 1174893

I know I'm colorblind but it looks green to me

 

[Just because]

Little bird has layed some egg in cabinet in work shop where we put screws

 

[David.]

When BG thinks its thick enough, no more germinates does it? Bet there would have been a good second flush by now, had it been possible to spray it off.
And then it will still lie in wait for the pheromone scent of a passing drill coulter, to trigger another show.